The International Arab Conference on Information Technology
ACIT’2018
Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL)
General Chair
Hassan Noura, IUL, Lebanon
General Co- Chair
Mohammad Ayache, IUL, Lebanon
Program Chair
Hassan Noura, IUL, Lebanon
Program Co-Chairs
Mohammad Ayache, IUL, Lebanon
Nazih Khadaj Mallat, Al Ain University, UAE
Abdallah Kassem, NDU, Lebanon
Local Organizing Committee
Ahmad Koubeissi, IUL, Lebanon
Ali Raad, IUL, Lebanon
Jamal Haidar, IUL, Lebanon
Lina el Khansa, IUL, Lebanon
Oussama Mostapha, IUL, Lebanon
Samar Sindian, IUL, Lebanon
Walid Fahs, IUL, Lebanon
Scienti�ic and Technical Committee
Ahmad Chahine, LU, Lebanon
Ahmad Diab, LU, Lebanon
Ahmad Fadlallah, USAL, Lebanon
Ahmad Seroujni, ParisTech, France
Ali Beydoun, LU, Lebanon
Ali Haidar, BAU, Lebanon
Ali Hamie, AUL, Lebanon
Ali Kalakech, LU, Lebanon
Amine Bitar, UOB, Lebanon
Ayman Khalil, IUL, Lebanon
Bachar el Hassan, LU, Lebanon
Bassam Daya, IUT, Lebanon
Bernard Cousin, Rennes I, France
Charbel Fares, USEK, Lebanon
Ghaith el Zain, INSA de Rennes, France
Imad el Hajj, AUB, Lebanon
Jacques Demerjian, LU, Lebanon
Jean-François Hélard, INSA de Rennes, France
Joseph Issa, NDU, Lebanon
Majed NAjjar, UOB, Lebanon
Marc Ibrahim, USJ, Lebanon
Michel Oweijan, AUST, Lebanon
Mohamad Chakaroun, IUL, Lebanon
Mohammad Hassan, Zarqa University, Jordan
Mohammad Khalil, LU, Lebanon
Mohammed Odeh, West of England, UK
Mourad Gueroui, Versailles, France
Omar el Falou, AUST, Lebanon
Redouane Tlemsani, INTTIC, Algeria
Rida Khatoun, Paris Tech, France
Rochdi Merzouki, Lille 1, France
Sandy Rihana, USEK, Lebanon
Sara Abou Chakra, LU, Lebanon
Seifeddine Kadri, BAU, Lebanon
Thiab Taha, University of Georgia, US
Yehya Taher, Versailles, France
Youssef Nasser, AUB, Lebanon
Zein el Abidin Ibrahim, LU, Lebanon
IMPORTANT DATES
Full Paper Submission: August 15, 2018
Noti�ication of acceptance: October 12, 2018
Camera-ready submission & registration:
November 10, 2018
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Visit ACIT of�icial
website at: www.acit2k.org
CONTACT
hassan.noura@iul.edu.lb
mohammad.ayache@iul.edu.lb
Lebanon , November 28-30, 2018
FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
The International Arab Conference on Information Technology (ACIT'2018) is a forum gathering
scientists, engineers, and practitioners to present their latest research, results, ideas, developments,
and applications in all areas of information technology. ACIT’2018 will include presentations to
contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Tutorials on current
issues and special sessions on new trends related to information technology and software industry
will be organized. This conference is considered as the of�icial scienti�ic conference for the Colleges of
Computer and Information Society, stemming from the Association of Arab Universities.
The permanent General Secretariat of ACIT is hosted by Zarqa University, Zarqa, Jordan.
LOCATION
ACIT'2018 will be held at Islamic University of Lebanon (IUL, Werdanye Campus); it is located on the
Mediterranean coast, about 35 kilometers south of the capital, Beirut.
TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
AI & Expert Systems Decision Support Systems Machine Learning
Algorithms & Applications Digital Telecommunications Multimedia & Image Processing
Natural Lang. Processing (Arabic) E-Commerce Neural Networks
Bioinformatics E-Learning Parallel & Distributed Systems
Computer Architecture Geographic Information Systems Pattern Recognition
Computer Ethics Human Computer Interaction Reliability & Fault-Tolerance
Computer Graphics Information Security Remote Sensing
Computer Networks Information Systems Software Engineering Virtual
Computer Simulation Web semantics Reality Systems Pervasive &
Database Systems IT & Society adaptive systems
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit papers in pdf using the IEEE format. Paper template could be
downloaded from the following website:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Electronic submission of papers should be done via ACIT OpenConf:
http://acit2k.org/openconf/openconf.php.
Questions regarding submission should be directed to acit@ccis2k.org.
Accepted papers for authors who complete registration will be published by ACIT and the conference
proceedings will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore (IEEE application pending).
Authors of the best selected papers presented at the conference will be invited to prepare an extended
version of their papers to be considered for publication in a special edition of The International Arab
Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT). IAJIT is a Worldwide recognized Journal with an impact
factor of 0.724 and is indexed in major scienti�ic databases: ISI/SCI, SCOPUS, DBLP, among others.
REVIEW PROCESS
The evaluation of submitted papers is based on the importance and usefulness of the research topic.
Technical merits, novelty of the approach, soundness of results, and clarity of presentation are also
considered as factors of the evaluation process. Each article will be fully reviewed by a minimum of two
specialized referees.
KEYNOTE LECTURES AND INVITED SESSIONS
The conference will include keynote lectures. The program Committee is also soliciting proposals for
invited sessions in one of the above theme areas. Interested organizers are invited to contact us:
acit@ccis2k.org
POSTER SESSION
Graduate and undergraduate students are encouraged to submit a poster presentation of their work to
ACIT 2018. Interested students should submit maximum two- page summary of their poster by October
1, 2018 to contact us: acit@ccis2k.org